Bade Miyan Chote Miyan vs Maidaan: More than 9000 tickets sold for Akshay Kumar’s film, Ajay Devgan will clash with Maidaan

Bade Miyan Chhota Miyan and Maidaan, which are releasing on Eid, are getting great response as advance booking of both the films started on Saturday. However, in terms of ticket sales, Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff’s film seems to be ahead of Ajay Devgan starrer. According to industry tracker Sacnilk.com, Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan has sold over 9000 tickets, with the film expected to have over 3000 shows in India. Maidan, on the other hand, has sold over 6000 tickets and is said to have had over 2700 shows.

With advance booking, the advance collection of Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan has reached close to Rs 30 lakh, while the advance sales of Maidaan have almost crossed Rs 20 lakh. Along with this, a recent report of Bollywood Hungama says that now both the films will be released on April 11 and the makers will keep only paid preview on April 10. Earlier both the films were scheduled to be released on April 10, but a few days before the release, it seems that the makers have changed the dates, the reason being that Eid will be celebrated in India on Thursday, April 11.

All the shows of Bade Miyan, Chote Miyan and Maidan will now run from 6 pm on 10th. According to the report, tickets booked for the show before 6 pm on April 10 will be refunded and the Eid holiday on April 11 will be considered as the release day of the film.

Ajay Devgan’s Maidaan has been passed by the Central Board of Film Certification without any cuts and has a running time of 3 hours and 1 minute. For Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan, the CBFC had directed the producers to make some modifications and the run time of the film was also reduced to 2 hours 44 minutes. Apart from this, it was reported by Bollywood Hungama that the makers will make the film more crisp and will cut 8 minutes from it. With this, the run time of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is now 2 hours 35 minutes.

Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment, the film also stars Alaya F, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Manushi Chhillar in pivotal roles. Maidaan is directed by Amit Sharma and produced by Zee Studios, it also stars Priyamani in a pivotal role.